Adapters That Are Supported by SAS IT Resource Management

The name of an adapter represents the data source from which SAS IT Resource Management gathers raw data.
Note: All SAS IT Resource Management adapters are supported on all SAS IT Resource Management operating environments unless there is a technical limitation that is associated with the raw data (log file) sources. For example, if the raw data resides on a device that is not compatible with the architecture of the host system on which the SAS IT Resource Management server is installed, then that raw data file might not be usable as input unless further processing is performed.
Table of Supported Adapters
Adapter Name
Description
Latest Verified Version of the Data Source
ASG TMON2CIC
ASG TMON for CICS TS for z/OS (formerly from Landmark) monitors the CICS Transaction Server (TS) and provides resource consumption measurements by tracing each transaction's performance by CICS event and related unit of work.
Note: CICS data can be produced by either ASG TMONCICS or as a subtype of SMF.
MXG 28.07*
ASG TMONDB2
ASG TMON for DB2 (formerly from Landmark) works with the SQL Analyzer to manage DB2 applications and critical DB2 resources by providing a single view of DB2 data-sharing group performance. ASG TMON for DB2 tracks DB2 buffer pools, lock contention and serialized resource usage, transaction statistics from ASG TMON for CICS to ASG TMON for DB2, and dynamic and static SQL calls. ASG TMON for DB2 provides a view for all performance statistics by plan, package, and statement, including CPU time, I/O analysis, lock activity, and buffer pool utilization by SQL statement.
MXG 28.07*
BMC Mainview IMS
BMC Mainview for IMS (formerly IMF) supplies transaction information such as CPU usage, number of I/Os, and response time. When you collect BMC Mainview for IMS data instead of IBM IMS data, BMC recommends that you collect a duration of one hour of consistently high activity, starting at the beginning and ending at the end of an RMF interval.
MXG 28.07*
BMC Perf Mgr
BMC Performance Manager for Servers (formerly BMC PATROL) collects UNIX and Windows enterprise system management data.
v3.7.30
CA TMS
The Computer Associates CA 1 Tape Management product (formerly TMS) controls and protects tape data sets and volumes in z/OS environments.
MXG 28.07*
DT Perf Sentry
Demand Technology Performance Sentry (formerly NTSMF) collects data from Windows systems and for Windows server applications such as Exchange, SQL Server, and IIS.
SAS IT Resource Management also supports a separate Demand Technology Performance Sentry adapter that is z/OS based. The Demand Technology Performance Sentry with MXG adapter that is z/OS based is for raw data sources that are supported through MXG.
v3.1.4
DT Perf Sentry with MXG
Demand Technology Performance Sentry (formerly NTSMF) with MXG collects data from Windows systems and for Windows server applications such as Exchange, SQL Server, and IIS. (SAS IT Resource Management also supports a separate Demand Tech Perf Sentry adapter that is not MXG based.)
MXG 28.07*
HP Perf Agent
HP Performance Agent (formerly OpenView Performance Agent) captures enterprise systems management measurement data for IT resources from Windows systems and many UNIX variants such as HP-UX, Sun OS/Solaris, IBM AIX, Tru 64 UNIX, and Linux.
v5.0
HP Reporter
HP Reporter software (formerly OpenView Reporter) captures HP Performance Agent measurement data that is stored in a relational database via SAS/ACCESS to Oracle or ODBC.
v3.70
IBM AS400
IBM OS/400 Collection Services
Note: The staging code that is required for the IBM AS400 data source is not automated by a SAS IT Resource Management adapter. Instead, SAS IT Resource Management supplies a User-written Staging transformation and templates that contain table and column metadata for this adapter for use with user-written staging code.
MXG 28.07*
IBM DCOLLECT
IBM DFSMS Data Collection Facility obtains the following Mainframe Storage System data:
  • active data sets
  • VSAM data set information
  • volumes
  • inactive data
  • migrated data sets
  • backed-up data sets
  • capacity-planning data such as the following:
    - DASD capacity planning: IBM DCOLLECT provides information and statistics for volumes that are managed by DFSMShsm (ML0 and ML1).
    - tape capacity planning: IBM DCOLLECT provides statistics for tapes that are managed by DFSMShsm.
  • SMS configuration information
MXG 28.07*
IBM EREP
IBM Environmental Record Editing and Printing Program processes the error records from the MVS, VM, and VSE operating systems to produce formatted reports. These IBM EREP reports can show the status of the entire installation, an I/O subsystem, or an individual device, depending on which report you request. IBM EREP reports can vary in format, depending on the following report types:
  • System summary reports show error data in summary form.
  • Trend reports show error data by daily totals.
  • Event history reports show error data in a time sequence by occurrence.
MXG 28.07*
IBM IMS
IBM Information Management System (IMS) is the transaction and hierarchical database management system from IBM.
Note: The staging code that is required for the IBM IMS data source is not automated by a SAS IT Resource Management adapter. Instead, SAS IT Resource Management supplies a User-written Staging transformation and templates that contain table and column metadata for this adapter for use with user-written staging code.
MXG 28.07*
IBM SMF
IBM System Management Facility collects and records system and job-related information that is used for the following purposes:
  • billing users
  • reporting reliability
  • analyzing the configuration
  • scheduling jobs
  • summarizing direct access to volume activity
  • evaluating data set activity
  • profiling system resource use
  • maintaining system security
Note: RMF is a subtype of SMF records. IBM RMF is the IBM strategic product for z/OS performance measurement and management. IBM RMF is the base product that collects performance data for z/OS and Sysplex environments to monitor system performance. Because IBM RMF data is a subtype of IBM SMF data, the IBM SMF adapter can be used with IBM RMF data without requiring additional customizations.
MXG 28.07*
IBM TPF
The IBM Transaction Processing Facility operating system works with application programs to process transactions in a real-time environment. The IBM TPF system is designed for businesses and organizations that have large networks and high volumes of online transactions.
MXG 28.07*
IBM VMMON
IBM VM Monitor Collection product collects performance information that is associated with VM, including measurements for user activity, processor storage, I/O, and applications.
MXG 28.07*
MS SCOM
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager monitors Windows systems, Microsoft software, and applications to provide a view of the health of an organization’s Windows environment.
v2007
SAP ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software from SAP (formerly SAP R/3), via the SAS IT Management Adapter for SAP, collects SAP ERP and SAP Business Warehouse (BW) workload performance measurements.
  • For SAP ERP, measurements are read from the SAP Statistic File (stat file).
  • For SAP BW, the measurements that communicate the amount of computer resources that were consumed to populate and query BW cubes are read. These measurements are then used to supplement BW server performance statistics.
v7.0
SAR
System Activity Reporter is a logging mechanism that is native to most UNIX and Linux variants. SAR captures the contents of cumulative system activity counters.
Dependent on operating system.
For information about specific operation system release versions, see “Accessing Raw Data for SAR” in Appendix 2, “Data Sources Supported by SAS IT Resource Management Adapters” in SAS IT Resource Management: Administrator’s Guide.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol is a component of the Internet Protocol Suite.
The SNMP adapter also supports gathering SNMP data from round-robin databases (RRDs) that are used in many network management tools.
Not applicable
VMware vCenter
VMware vCenter Server is an operational console for VMware and includes the VMware vCenter database that serves as the raw data source for this SAS IT Resource Management adapter. The vCenter database contains VMware performance and utilization measurements for both the virtual machines and the physical servers on which they run, including detailed CPU, memory, storage, and I/O metrics. The vCenter relational database is accessed via SAS/ACCESS to Oracle, DB2, or ODBC.
v4.0
VMware Data Acquisition
VMware Data Acquisition is a transformation that can extract topology and configuration information from the VMware vCenter database more frequently than once a day. The vCenter relational database is accessed via SAS/ACCESS to Oracle, DB2, or ODBC
Note: This is not an adapter. However, a staging transformation is available for this source.
v4.0
Web Log
The Web Server Log adapter reads and analyzes Web logs that conform to the Common and W3C Extended Log Formats (CLF and ELF.)
Not applicable
* SAS IT Resource Management uses MXG for this adapter.
Note: The specific software versions of the raw data sources in this table have been used to verify each SAS IT Resource Management 3.2 adapter. This information is not an exclusive list of all data source versions that are supported. Earlier versions of some data source software might be supported. Future releases of some data source software might be compatible and supported by adapters for SAS IT Resource Management 3.2. For information about supporting a data source version that is not included in the previous table, contact your SAS Installation Representative or on-site SAS support personnel.
For data sources (and for raw data sources) that are user-written, staging code is supported by the wizards of SAS Data Integration Studio, and the transformations that are supplied by SAS IT Resource Management. The New Table wizard of SAS Data Integration Studio can create the transformations that can stage raw data from any input source.